CNBC Economy / Updates
- 'Funflation' hits home: Why staying in isn't the cost-saver it used to be July 11, 2026Following a wave of price hikes, at-home pastimes like streaming movies or playing video games are pinching pocketbooks.
- Job seekers giving up: Labor force participation rate falls to lowest in 50 years, outside of Covid era July 9, 2026A drop in the unemployment rate helped provide some upside to what was an otherwise downbeat jobs report — but it was for all the wrong reasons.
- China consumer price growth weakens in June while producer inflation rises to near 4-year high July 9, 2026Investors increasingly view China's two-speed growth with robust export and tepid domestic demand as a defining long-term feature of the Chinese economy.